"Jennifer Tom" from Languagemet Thread poster: Giuseppe Provenzano
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Hello everyone,
I've been contacted by this "Jennifer Tom" who's been asking me if s/he could market my curriculum. What got me suspicious is that the "agreement" she sent me just featured "My company" has the company name. When asked about more information she told that she's from "languagemet" and to check it on ProZ. Not being Pro, I can't see all the details, but it generically says they are banned from here, despite having a decent rating. Would you venture with this kind of pe... See more Hello everyone,
I've been contacted by this "Jennifer Tom" who's been asking me if s/he could market my curriculum. What got me suspicious is that the "agreement" she sent me just featured "My company" has the company name. When asked about more information she told that she's from "languagemet" and to check it on ProZ. Not being Pro, I can't see all the details, but it generically says they are banned from here, despite having a decent rating. Would you venture with this kind of people?
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| | | | Tony M
France
Local time: 16:12
French to English
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SITE LOCALIZER | No I wouldn't! | Dec 4, 2012 |
Giuseppe Provenzano wrote:
Would you venture with this kind of people?
Apart from the adverse BlueBoard record (which in fairness dates back to last year), I would be wary of anyone from that part of the world, in terms of the difficulty of having any kind of legal recourse if you should experience problems. In addition, there has been a spate of recent scams originating from Palestine, apparently phishing for CV information; your contact seems to be more open about it, but even so, just what are YOU expected to get out of someone else marketing your CV?
Unless you have a very clear idea of what you stand to gain (or lose!), and have done your own due diligence as to the trustworthiness of this company, then I'd say no, don't waste any more time or effort on it... move on!
Some of the BlueBoard comments (even the favourable ones) also mention low rates, as is typical of Asian agencies; personally, I rarely find it worthwhile even bothering to reply to these bottom-end, 'bargain basement' agencies.
| | | | | It's better to be safe than sorry | Dec 4, 2012 |
Giuseppe Provenzano wrote:
Not being Pro, I can't see all the details, but it generically says they are banned from here, despite having a decent rating.
No one is banned for no reason, so it's advisable to take the hint.
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Thank you for the support! I wised up and I certainly will not service them. Would you rather not answer them anymore or explicitly prohibit them to use you information?
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Natalie 
Poland
Local time: 16:12
Member (2002)
English to Russian
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MODERATOR SITE LOCALIZER | Subscribe to scam alerts | Dec 5, 2012 |
Hi Giuseppe,
Please visit Translator scam alert center at http://www.proz.com/about/translator-scam-alerts/ and subscribe to alerts.
Please also read the past alerts about scams coming from Gaza, Palestine.
Natalia
[Edited at 2012-12-05 11:02 GMT]
| | | | | Subscription to the scam alert center is a members-only service | Dec 5, 2012 |
Subscriptions to the scam alert center is a service reserved to ProZ.com members, but I brought the thread on scams coming from Gaza, Palestine to the top of this forum.
Regards,
Enrique
| | | | | Careful with Languagement.Maiss Shanti- identity thef!!! | Dec 7, 2012 |
She belongs to the same company. I fell for it and I do not know what kind of problems I got into
I feel idiotic. Hope this won´t happen to anybody else.
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Neil Ashby
Spain
Local time: 16:12
Spanish to English
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| Still oerating (or trying) with the same name.... | May 14, 2013 |
I (and 22 other potential victims) received this on 12 May 2013
Dear Translator ,
I hope you are enjoying a good health.
I am a project manager from LanguageMet Translation Company, we receive high number of several big projects like: translation, editing, proofreading, DTP, localization and other types .
If you want to join and deal with us in our company as a translator, we will use your C.V and replace your contact deta... See more I (and 22 other potential victims) received this on 12 May 2013
Dear Translator ,
I hope you are enjoying a good health.
I am a project manager from LanguageMet Translation Company, we receive high number of several big projects like: translation, editing, proofreading, DTP, localization and other types .
If you want to join and deal with us in our company as a translator, we will use your C.V and replace your contact details to avoid direct contact with our clients,then we begin marketing process to your CV. Any projects we receive on behalf of your CV we must send it to you directly should you are available.
If you accept we will put you in our database in order to deal with you in incoming projects.
Simply we will take the marketing process role for you CV.
Kind Regards,
Imad
There's no stopping languagemet, I wonder what they want to use our details for....?
Stay safe, and if you can't stay safe don't get caught! ▲ Collapse
| | | | | They keep trying | Jun 5, 2013 |
They are very resourceful with names...
From: Lucie Translator
To:
Sent: Wednesday, 5 June 2013, 15:36
Subject: Ongoing Medical Project
Dear translator,
I hope this email finds you well.
We have an ongoing project, medical in nature, but not technical at all, very simple language actually.
This project will increase in volume considerably in the next week, it will be 1.2 million words divided into 3 batches of 400K each and w... See more They are very resourceful with names...
From: Lucie Translator
To:
Sent: Wednesday, 5 June 2013, 15:36
Subject: Ongoing Medical Project
Dear translator,
I hope this email finds you well.
We have an ongoing project, medical in nature, but not technical at all, very simple language actually.
This project will increase in volume considerably in the next week, it will be 1.2 million words divided into 3 batches of 400K each and we only have a month to deliver each batch and we are testing translators to add to our team. This job requires the use of Word Fast latest version. If interested please let me know.
Kind regards,
Amna
Amna A.
Project Manager and coordinator
Language Met
More than translation services.
www.languagemet.com
project2@languagemet.com
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